Why Redis Keeps Core Commands Single‑Threaded and How Redis 6 Adds Multi‑Threaded I/O
Redis evolved rapidly, with versions up to 5.x handling all core CRUD commands on a single worker thread, while Redis 6 introduced multi‑threaded network I/O to leverage multi‑core CPUs, yet still processes core business commands single‑threadedly for performance and simplicity, as explained with diagrams.